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Charlie Parker Birthday Celebration at Birdland

Courtesy of Ticketfly | Posted on June 15, 2018

Where

Birdland
315 West 44th Street
New York, NY
Map
212-581-3080

When

Fri, August 31, 2018
8:30 pm

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Musicians

Jeremy Pelt
trumpet
Jon Irabagon
saxophone, sopranino
Jaleel Shaw
saxophone, alto

About

Born August 29th, 1920, Charlie "Bird" Parker was one of the most influential and iconic artists in jazz history. As the central figure in the development of bebop in the 1940s Bird was a legendary figure in his own lifetime and was idolized by those who worked with him including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell and Miles Davis. He was the inspiration for Birdland and practically defined its mission as the home for modern jazz in New York City. Since his death in 1955 at age 34 Bird has inspired every subsequent generation of jazz artist and left a rich legacy of distinctive compositions and signature melodic vocabulary that still informs every style of jazz...

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